Interview with Szabolcs Matefy

Interview with 37 years old self taught artist Szabolcs Matefy from Hungary who uses XSI and Zbrush

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/szabolcs/interview.html

Blowout at Exit 16A

Besides endless painting, layering, masking there are several photo­graphic elements that played an important role

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/blowout/index.html

Making of Shaved Bumblebee

Little story of the bumblebee Bernard who wanted to impress his friends with a funny experiment

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/bumblebee/index.html

Making of Love Bicycle

Love is the light of life that makes color in the world and inspiration for this image comes from the real life situation

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/lovebicycle/index.html

CGArena Turns 2

If you an artist and didn't know about CGArena then check it out what you have missed in these 2 years and if you not an artist then why you bother, scoll down.

http://www.cgarena.com/ccount/click.php?id=150

Video Tutorial: Model a Realisitic CD Jewel Case

Model Realistic CD Jewel Case

Learn tips and tricks used in the industry to create this model in a fast and efficient way that helps you save time

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/cdjewel.html

Interview with Don Dixon

Artist which always surrounded by creativity and at the age of four fascinated from drawing and animation

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/dondixon/interview.html

Capture light color and intensity

In these 2 short video tutorials learn how you can create a blinking disco lights in 3ds max by Aziz Khan

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/capture_light/light_capture.html

Create Gold Material

In this interactive video not only learn but also create a material online with instructions in 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/gold/gold.html

Model a Spitfire War Plane Tutorial

In this tutorial I will show you how to model a spit fire war plane, this tutorial is pretty handy for those of you who are in love with old war planes like me :-)

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/spitfire/index.html

How to use Global Illumination and Final Gathering in Mental Ray

Learn how to use mental ray's Global Illumination and Final Gathering inside Softimage XSI for a realistic render

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/fg_gi.html

Model a Golden Jaguar Statue

In this beginners tutorial you will create a jaguar statue using polygons in 3ds max and later create a gold texture

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/jaguar/index.html

Making of Its only a Boy

Explain a little of how this image was made from its conception to the final touch in max and zbrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/onlyaBoy/index.html

Create Displacement Maps using Max, Mental Ray and Mudbox

In this tutorial successfully create detailed displacement maps using max, mental ray and mudbox

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/displacemudbox/index.html

Video Tutorial: Tagging a Rig

Teaches you how to set up your rigs so that you can re-target animations and apply motion capture data

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/noesis_xsi/taggingarig.html

Free Download 2008 CG Wallpapers Calendar

We live in a beautiful world of computer graphics where every day many artworks are made but only some of them stand out to be the best. Here you will find some cool and free CG wallpapers calendar for your desktop which are submitted by artists for artists in various sizes

Download: http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/download_calendar2008.html

Creating Facemaps with Photoshop

Learn how to take a series of digital photos and edit them together to create facial maps for mapping in 3d

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/noesis_photoshop/index.html

Video Tutorial: Custom Toolbars and Shelves

Quickly learn how to use custom Toolbar and shelve function along with shortcuts for mastering Softimage XSI


http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/custom_toolbars.html

Making of Tiger Zoo

Used real life references from the Thailand Zoo to create this wonderful artwork in maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/tigerzoo/index.html

Making of Mini Taxi

This bitty vehicle used as a taxi in many countries because it is active and inexpensive and modeled this in max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/minitaxi/index.html